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| Letters After Your Name - Quality Not Quantity |
| sbhoa |
 Apr 26 2007, 04:45 PM
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QUOTE(Robodoc @ Apr 26 2007, 05:43 PM)  I frequently get letters from the BMA (who should definitley know better) addressed to Mr (name here) MBBS Lond. FRCS Ed., which start: "Dear Mr Ed."! they think you are a talking horse? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| sarah-flute |
Apr 26 2007, 04:46 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 25735 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Insomniaville Member No.: 2729 |
Isn't Mr Ed a horse??! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
QUOTE(sbhoa @ Apr 26 2007, 05:45 PM) QUOTE(Robodoc @ Apr 26 2007, 05:43 PM) I frequently get letters from the BMA (who should definitley know better) addressed to Mr (name here) MBBS Lond. FRCS Ed., which start: "Dear Mr Ed."! they think you are a talking horse? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Great minds! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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| Cyrilla |
Apr 26 2007, 04:49 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 11901 Joined: 9-November 03 From: Croydon, South London/Surrey Member No.: 99 |
QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Apr 26 2007, 03:37 PM) QUOTE(jod @ Apr 26 2007, 02:44 PM) I'm most definately Mrs Him Indoors Does Cyrilla know? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) The cheating rat! You wait til I have Words!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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| sarah-flute |
Apr 26 2007, 04:55 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 25735 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Insomniaville Member No.: 2729 |
Bwahahahahaha! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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| Deborah |
Apr 26 2007, 07:13 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 5623 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Monsalvat, Valhalla Member No.: 2747 |
QUOTE(Bing @ Apr 26 2007, 03:48 PM) I am Ms Me at work, however.....we have just changed both our names to Mr and Mrs Me-Him (ie both double barrelled). Double-barrelling my maiden name with my married name would have given me an extremely silly surname indeed, no matter in which order I'd placed them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) QUOTE(Robodoc @ Apr 26 2007, 05:43 PM) I frequently get letters from the BMA (who should definitley know better) addressed to Mr (name here) MBBS Lond. FRCS Ed., which start: "Dear Mr Ed."! My middle initial is E, so I'm held on some databases as Mrs D E Surname. The first two initials occasionally get merged by the data entry person and then put into lower case, so I receive post addressed to Mrs de Surname (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) You're right though Robodoc, the BMA should know better. |
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| sarah-flute |
Apr 26 2007, 08:25 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 25735 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Insomniaville Member No.: 2729 |
QUOTE(Deborah @ Apr 26 2007, 08:13 PM) QUOTE(Bing @ Apr 26 2007, 03:48 PM) I am Ms Me at work, however.....we have just changed both our names to Mr and Mrs Me-Him (ie both double barrelled). Double-barrelling my maiden name with my married name would have given me an extremely silly surname indeed, no matter in which order I'd placed them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)(IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) Way to intrigue people, Deborah (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| Maizie |
Apr 27 2007, 06:01 AM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4862 Joined: 5-February 07 From: Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire Member No.: 9360 |
QUOTE(Deborah @ Apr 26 2007, 08:13 PM) My middle initial is E, so I'm held on some databases as Mrs D E Surname. The first two initials occasionally get merged by the data entry person and then put into lower case, so I receive post addressed to Mrs de Surname (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I have a friend who is Mary Rose [Surname]. For a while she lived in a flat where BT continually sent their letter/bills/etc to Mr [Surname]. The problem was, whenever she phoned up to tell them "no, I'm not Mr, I'm Miss M R" they wouldn't change it because they needed to speak to the person who set up the billing to change it - Mr [Surname]" Telling them that there was no Mr [Surname] (excpet for her father, several hundred miles away) didn't work! |
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| maggiemay |
Apr 27 2007, 07:38 AM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 18060 Joined: 12-January 04 From: S E England Member No.: 413 |
This reminds me of an old and very silly story of a guy who had no fore-names, just initials. (I don't know how that came about so don't ask ...)
One day at the post office filling in some official form, he put down his name as usual - R B Jones. The counter clerk couldn't deal with this and insisted he had to have something to put in the "forenames" box. But I don't have any - just initials. The clerk scratched his head and finally suggested that for clarity they filled in the box with R (only) B (only) . You've guessed it - when the item arrived at Mr Jones' house, it was addressed to Mr Ronly Bonly Jones. |
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| Robodoc |
Apr 27 2007, 08:00 AM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2720 Joined: 30-March 07 From: Chorley, Lancs Member No.: 10431 |
QUOTE(Deborah @ Apr 26 2007, 08:13 PM) QUOTE(Bing @ Apr 26 2007, 03:48 PM) I am Ms Me at work, however.....we have just changed both our names to Mr and Mrs Me-Him (ie both double barrelled). Double-barrelling my maiden name with my married name would have given me an extremely silly surname indeed, no matter in which order I'd placed them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) QUOTE(Robodoc @ Apr 26 2007, 05:43 PM) I frequently get letters from the BMA (who should definitley know better) addressed to Mr (name here) MBBS Lond. FRCS Ed., which start: "Dear Mr Ed."! My middle initial is E, so I'm held on some databases as Mrs D E Surname. The first two initials occasionally get merged by the data entry person and then put into lower case, so I receive post addressed to Mrs de Surname (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) You're right though Robodoc, the BMA should know better. It gets worse! My middle initial is O (first name Rob, profession medicine, hence the handle; Rob O Doc) I regularly get letters to Mr R O'(Surname) instead of Mr R O (Surname). Our hospital sends mail, email (and other things) by initials. Mine are ROH. I shared an office for a while with RXH, our department head is ARH and the hospital itself is RPH (opened by HRH). Confused? They are! |
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| chocolatedog |
Apr 27 2007, 08:02 AM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3861 Joined: 4-June 05 Member No.: 3798 |
My hubby as a teenager was part of a church youth group who sponsored a child - we kept the same sponsorship going when we get married but forgot to change the name or anything, and the sponsorship charity clearly doesn't understand the initials as we get letters addressed to A, CYF (where the church group was CYFA) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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| Cyrilla |
Apr 27 2007, 08:11 AM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 11901 Joined: 9-November 03 From: Croydon, South London/Surrey Member No.: 99 |
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Apr 27 2007, 08:38 AM) This reminds me of an old and very silly story of a guy who had no fore-names, just initials. (I don't know how that came about so don't ask ...) One day at the post office filling in some official form, he put down his name as usual - R B Jones. The counter clerk couldn't deal with this and insisted he had to have something to put in the "forenames" box. But I don't have any - just initials. The clerk scratched his head and finally suggested that for clarity they filled in the box with R (only) B (only) . You've guessed it - when the item arrived at Mr Jones' house, it was addressed to Mr Ronly Bonly Jones. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| carol*piano |
Apr 27 2007, 08:45 AM
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QUOTE(Robodoc @ Apr 27 2007, 09:00 AM) My middle initial is O (first name Rob, profession medicine, hence the handle; Rob O Doc) I had always read your user name as robo-doc - a robot doctor! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| jod |
Apr 27 2007, 09:26 AM
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Maestro Group: Banned Posts: 9899 Joined: 14-January 05 From: Burwell, Cambridgeshire Member No.: 2939 |
QUOTE(Deborah @ Apr 26 2007, 08:13 PM) QUOTE(Bing @ Apr 26 2007, 03:48 PM) I am Ms Me at work, however.....we have just changed both our names to Mr and Mrs Me-Him (ie both double barrelled). Double-barrelling my maiden name with my married name would have given me an extremely silly surname indeed, no matter in which order I'd placed them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) QUOTE(Robodoc @ Apr 26 2007, 05:43 PM) I frequently get letters from the BMA (who should definitley know better) addressed to Mr (name here) MBBS Lond. FRCS Ed., which start: "Dear Mr Ed."! My middle initial is E, so I'm held on some databases as Mrs D E Surname. The first two initials occasionally get merged by the data entry person and then put into lower case, so I receive post addressed to Mrs de Surname (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) You're right though Robodoc, the BMA should know better. Knowing both names, I can see why, you would sound as if you were employed in the catering industry. I'm sorry Cyrilla that was meant to read I'm definately not Mrs Him Indoors, even though I've taken his name as its the more distinguished of the two. And yes I did reveal that it like a certain department store. It was hillarous when I got a request for the boys on Classic FM... Simon Bates ended up saying "yes that really is the name". The boys were stoked to hear their name on National Radio. |
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| sarah-flute |
Apr 27 2007, 01:18 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 25735 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Insomniaville Member No.: 2729 |
QUOTE(carol*piano @ Apr 27 2007, 09:45 AM) QUOTE(Robodoc @ Apr 27 2007, 09:00 AM) My middle initial is O (first name Rob, profession medicine, hence the handle; Rob O Doc) I had always read your user name as robo-doc - a robot doctor! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)Me too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| Robodoc |
Apr 27 2007, 04:53 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2720 Joined: 30-March 07 From: Chorley, Lancs Member No.: 10431 |
QUOTE(carol*piano @ Apr 27 2007, 09:45 AM) QUOTE(Robodoc @ Apr 27 2007, 09:00 AM) My middle initial is O (first name Rob, profession medicine, hence the handle; Rob O Doc) I had always read your user name as robo-doc - a robot doctor! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) The ambiguity is (at least partly) deliberate! |
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